Quoted: David Rubenstein on how he got that Kennedy Center gig

Rubenstein (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

"They thought all chairmen should come from the financial services world -- we've been so good at attracting favorable attention."
-- David Rubenstein, giving one of the "Top Ten" reasons he was elected to head the Kennedy Center board. The billionaire co-founder of the Carlyle Group was honored at a VIP dinner hosted by Wayne and Lea Berman on Tuesday night.